- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Legal under section 9 of the Benin Constitution. Surgery is provided. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Single only
No restrictions. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1900)
(since Jan 1, 1900)
No protections
No explicit protections. People are kicked out of their house if they are found out if they are lgbt.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1900)
(since Jan 1, 1900)
No protections
None exist in the criminal code.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1900)
(since Jan 1, 1900)
No protections
No
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